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A Portrait of Our World: Making Connections and Developing Comprehension
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
A Portrait of Our World: Making Connections and Developing Comprehension

Students engage in carousel walks, character analyses, global explorations, and genre studies while using valuable language arts strategies to build higher-level comprehension skills.

Making Memories: An End-of-Year Digital Scrapbook
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Making Memories: An End-of-Year Digital Scrapbook
Students reflect on their school year, creating a digital scrapbook consisting of images and text to present to their school community.
Creating an Online Community Through Electronic Portfolios
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Recurring Lesson
Creating an Online Community Through Electronic Portfolios
Students publish their work in an electronic portfolio, which enables them to respond to each other's content online.
Using Children's Literature to Develop Classroom Community
Grades
3 - 6
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Using Children's Literature to Develop Classroom Community
Conversation and cooperation bring out the best in students when they hold dialogues about their individual strengths, abilities, and talents.
Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Recurring Lesson
Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
Students learn that dogs are more than just pets in this lesson, which teaches them to use research and vocabulary-acquisition strategies to learn and write about working dogs.
All About Our Town: Using Brochures to Teach Informational Writing
Grades
2 - 4
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
All About Our Town: Using Brochures to Teach Informational Writing
Students explore their towns' landmarks, symbols, and people; look at brochures and other informational tools; practice writing for a specific audience and revising; and work collaboratively to create a brochure.
The Pros and Cons of Discussion
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
The Pros and Cons of Discussion
Students use a Discussion Web to engage in meaningful discussion of the question, "Are people equal?"
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Exploring and Sharing Family Stories
Writing gets personal when students interview family members in order to write a personal narrative about that person.
And the Question Is... Evaluating the Validity of a Survey
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
And the Question Is... Evaluating the Validity of a Survey
In this lesson, students learn to ask the right questions about the validity of surveys.
Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! A Class Book of Picturesque Poems
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! A Class Book of Picturesque Poems
Students learn haiku write descriptive poems and share with the class.
MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements
This assignment will go viral with students as they think about the meanings of words and images in public service announcements from YouTube before creating a PSA of their own.
A World of Readers: Libraries Around the World
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
A World of Readers: Libraries Around the World
Bookworms will enjoy the bytes they find in this lesson as they research and share information about online library services in places around the world.
Crit Lit for Kids: From Critical Consciousness to Service Learning
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Crit Lit for Kids: From Critical Consciousness to Service Learning
Students take their ideas from the classroom page to the community pavement when they participate in a service-learning project based on their multimedia presentations.
Reading and Writing About Pollution to Understand Cause and Effect
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Reading and Writing About Pollution to Understand Cause and Effect
Students get to write a whale of a tale when they complete a graphic organizer sequencing the journey of a mountain fish to a polluted waterway.
Read a Song: Using Song Lyrics for Reading and Writing
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Read a Song: Using Song Lyrics for Reading and Writing
This lesson will be music to the students' ears when they hear that they get to read song lyrics and compose original lyrics for a familiar song.
Developing Story Structure With Paper-Bag Skits
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Developing Story Structure With Paper-Bag Skits
Lights, camera, action, and a bit of mystery! In this lesson, students use mystery props in a skit bag to create and perform in short, impromptu skits.
Safety Tips With <em>Officer Buckle and Gloria</em>
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Safety Tips With Officer Buckle and Gloria
Safety first! In this lesson, students take the lessons taught by Officer Buckle and Gloria to heart as they explore safety in everyday situations.
E-pals Around the World
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
E-pals Around the World
With e-pals, students develop real-life writing and social experiences, learn the format of a friendly letter and parts of an e-mail message, and discover other cultures, languages, and geographic areas.
Protecting Our Precious Planet: Sharing the Message of Earth Day
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Protecting Our Precious Planet: Sharing the Message of Earth Day
Students discover that they can make a world of difference when they participate in the online Earth Day bag program.
Getting to Know You: Developing Short Biographies to Build Community
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Getting to Know You: Developing Short Biographies to Build Community
How well do your students know their peers? Students transform into investigative reporters as they interview a classmate, compile the biographical data into graphic form, and introduce the student to the class.

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